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xt the georgetown herald twelve paoes authorized sacond class mail past offka dae ottawa wednesday evening march 18th 19s first section 65 television aerials victims of sunday blow unusually high march winds gusting up to hurricane force did mass damage in this area sunday television aerials were the storms favourite target and some 65 fell in town before 75 mile per hour blasts according to claims which flooded local insurance offices the next day the damage however was by no means limited to aerials huge sheets of aluminum sid ing were stripped off a storage building at mackenzie lumber and hurled across mam street a partially completed house at the corner of main st south and no 5 sideroad was levelled dur ing the height of the gale a large vent pipe on top of the coop mill broke off and crashed to the ground at harrison public school win dows along the south side of the building were blown open houses all over town were seal ped of loose shingles a garage roof on victoria st was lifted and rearranged the branches made natural bar ricades across man sidestreets and one of the largest trees on park street surrendered to the turbulence the shell sins at hicvcn clapham and neil guenn service stations here ripped of their stan dants as well as numerous other igns in the yicinltyv miles per hour postings along the highway were thrown in to neighbouring fields one entire side of a car garage near the golf course joined the wind an iron cross over the entrance to st george s sunday school was blown down and flashing around the eves of the church was loos ened at the sth line home of ernie curry a large tree toppled across the driveway snapping off the power line to their house they were without electricity until al most midnight a towering fir tree on the un ion church property norval came down just missing the church b a few jeet residents al over town heard thumping on the roofs as brick abandoned chimnevs and bounced to the ground c manv locahtes caught out of town had to extend their stajs as motor ravel became a risk business the compiled list touches on ontv a fraction of the winds work local v however nature smiled bneflvat the height of her havoc t glen williams an unpreccden ted blast howling popped the roof off of an oudoor powder room ind of course it was occupied at the time evalunafad lake placid honeymoon for bill mcenery bride knox presbvterian church was oeeorated with standards of white mums and snapdragons on satur day march 7th when jean muc- kart daughter of mr ind mrs george muckart 14 young street became the bride of bill mc tnerj son of mr arid airs john mcenerv r r 1 georgetown rev alex calder officiated at the four o clock wedding and mrs edgar gowland was the organist the bride given in marriage by her father chose a full length gown fashioned with a- very bout fant skirt of net over taffeta and a bodice and long sleeves of lace her elbow length veil fell from a lace headband and she carried a bouquet of white gardenias and hyacinths mrs glen dance sister of the bride was matron of honour and mrs james cleave a sister was bridesmaid both gowned alike in street length pale green crystalcttc with short sleeves and they wore matching headbands with pink gloves and bouquets of pink car nations allan inghs acted as grooms man and the ushers were jack muckart brother of the bride and ken allan brother in law of the groom a wedding reception was held in the knox church hall with mrs muckart receiving for her daughter in a twopiece ensemble of blue printed silk with navy accessories and a corage of white gardenias mrs mcenery assist ed in a brown and beige printed silk gown with brown and beige accessories and a corsage of yel low roses for travelling on their honcv moon to lake placid montreal and ottawa the bride chose a pale blue suit with blue and black ac cessories brown fur jacket and a corsage of white gardenias mr and mrs mcenery are living at 9 mill street georgetown mr mcenery owns and operates geor getown propane gas and mrs mcenery is on the staff of pro vincial paper limited electrician gardener dies only four months after wife a natie of norval and a georgetown resident since 1934 e brant swackhamer 73 was buried in greenwood ccmctcrv on mon dav follow ing a funeral service at the harold c mcclure tuncral home i mr swackhamer- suffered a heart attack at his home 35 charles st on fndav his death was discovered when mr and mrs victor macdonajd who had jccjl- invited to spend the evening w ith him found the house in darkness a neighbour harold marshall- w as contacted ind he entered the house to find mr swackhamcr had died earlier in the da his death followed onl by four months that of his wife the former florence startup whom he married 47 year ago mr swackhamer had two trades which he followed at various timcslcctricat contracting and market gardening son of the late hiram and mary chisholm swackhamer he moved with them to acton at an early age where his father served as chief magistrate for several years he went to toronto as a young man worked for a time as a fireman families are wjv turkey dinner guests mr and mrs a willitls enter taincd at a progressive euchre par ty on friday evening the prize winners were mrs e mckun and mr e smith a delicious lunch was served and mrs f smith ex pressed the thanks of the group to the host and hostess for a very lovely evening the ladies of the institute have been verj busy lately they held two quillings one at the home of mrs c snow and one at mrs f j shortiu s the saturdav night euchre was also held this week at the home of mr and mrs a lawr the winners were mrs c mcen erv mrs n sinclair messrs a himes and c mcenerj the members of the w a enter taincd their husbands and families to a turkcv dinner on wcdnesdav night in the church basement the roll call was answered by the mm nam ins the model of the first car thev owned and the lad les told who took them for their first car ride mr mac sproule showed iome of hi ir interest in slilt- and also some of the movus uhtth ht had lakm on his i recent trip to britain following the dinm r and entertainnunl the hdus a st nib id upstairs for a i short business meeting while tht utntuimn wjshtri up the dishu as a plnsint surprise the daf fodils on i hi tables were given mb iarkman and a plant was stnt to mr and mrs sam 1 ind j mrs i indsav is an honorarv mi mbt r of the but w is not ilik t in n m n a fit tt nm r ui i mr i mds i cilibratid his 90th birthdav thit dav mr an 1 mr- r j short i 1 ind mr j i laik havi bci n attending iht rnmttis all winter on wed m di i uhls during holv week his i hwal roup wil be singing hi tnuifimon bv btaintr as a conclusion to tht si ison s pric ms in tht prestnt nm ehurih n i nn mr r red bacon of brampton has bun tin musical di rictor of this group for a ntimbtr if veins ong rat ulat ions to mr and mrs j runston on the birth of a daugh ler recent the fvenin auxiliar met for their march meeting on thursdav at the home of mrs m mclaugh lin with mrs h mcfnerv prcsid ing the mission band held their monthl meeting in the church basement on sunda morning with mrs j mcencrj assisting the leader mrs lawr and presenting the missionar stor to them the childnn answered the roll call bv naming a man in the bibli hose naim started with a and brought in uft combs and handkerchufs for the our pioneers girls cluti has mother a daughters tea on thursday evening march 12 the pioneer girls club held a mother and daughters tea at their meeting place 8 hewson cresc the home of mr and mrs harold page besides the moth ers the girls pals ladles from grace baptist church and the pioneer girls committee vv err invited an informal evening of fun and fe howhip was then conducted with the chief guide mrs jack sullivan opening with a brief des cnption of the aims program and accomplishments of th pioneer girls club the girls were then introduced to their pals by mrs sullivan following this mr paqr assistant guide took charge of a variety of interesting games in which all present participated at the hose of the evening daintv refreshments were provided b the committee and pals and the girls themselves did the serving everyone enjoyed this evening and it is hoped there will be ihore on the grand trunk railway ler managed a hardware store prro 7 hr fmprs ind learned the electrical trade cnupch lin slim 1 mornilu wtrr he had the distinction of being p h mrs r in rem m the first red seal contractor in of hcr iau molhrs the citv mr and mrs swack dav hamer lived in islington and st i u nut in hi church thomas before moving to george mondv tvtnm for then re town in 1934 where they operat lar muting mrs ui irk inlrodu ed a market garden on what is c tin mission studv for the vcir row the orr subdivision living in cd friendship diar ti aim the present john frost home in with newcom rs lo our countrv ind telephone bridge nets 100 for hospital fund on tuesday march 10th the georgetown and district women s hospital auxiliary met at harrison school and despite the inclement weather there was an excellent attendance th meeting opened with the saying of the auxiliary prayer the minutes of the last meeting and the financial report were read and adopted reports fromcommittee chair men were then presented mrs john wolfe membership conven er reported fcn encouraging in crease in membership mrs rob ert burns sewing and knitting convener reported that her com mittee had formed several small sewing circles and requested that everyone interested in this work would contact her as soon as pos siblc mrs james munro the knitting subconvener is organ rang the distribution of wool to those members whose talent lies in knitting a motion empowering mrs burns to purchase such mater uls as she deems necessary to fur ther this work was unammouslv carried mrs john gunn wajs and means convener announced the success of the march special project telephone bridge which netted i ovir sloo those who volunteered to act as hostesses for this event were mrs ernest hall mrs currie mrs douglas davidson mrs tom ferguson mrs john dunn mis nnlliikiv mrs john c inlis mrs mistair macintosh mrs john matthu mrs ali ruder mrs man thompson mrs brink wallace mrs trevor it lums and mrs j ihn wolfi out name from each bridal four was submitted to mrs gunn bv tht hosti ses and fi om these names un were drawn b the presidint at thi auxiliaiv melting rah of tht follow in fortunatt ladie- rtctivtd a beautiful flow inn plant mr dou as diwdson mis hussi 1 ria er rnndale mis h hn tro t mr harold ilinrv mrs iori lliwsin mrs john ln-li- mr alislair macintosh mrs lar m nhan mrs john ord and mrs trevor williams the popular project initiated in rebruarv of navnil m wtfitmur hood toffn inornm and u i ontimiis to pi mi if a sti id iimrr of rev i nu it wis rn ni mi ndt d t hat t ht m mi bi rs tout i nue to support and exti nd this ainall hut profitable activities a bt autiful cof fi e carafe w is kivcn h mrs r h jones as tht door prize and received b mrs macintosh mrs muriel adams the prcsid enl then read the proposed con stitutiun of the auxiliary lonsid eration of the articles therein was greatly facilitated bv distribution of copies of the constitution to tht memoirs present after tome h vel discussion tach article was i cventuall ratified and with a find motion thit tht constitution i be adopted as amended tht iad t ie hospital auxiliarv formal i i iiharkcd on its cirnr of m n ice to the communjtv elect barry timleck president of midtown former midtown vicepresident barry timleck succeeded clar ence jake spence as president when the tccn club held their an nual election of officers in the rose room on sunday afternoon march 8th roger add was voted to the viceiresidency while linda kor- tack was returned as secretary- treasurer there were some changes in the committee which now con sists of darwin tost john benham jim goodlet mike wil- lingham barbara lusty wendy saunders and dorothy thompson a larger crowd was expected at the meeting however those at tending showed enthusiasm in the welfare of the club and the voting was close there was one change in the regular fright night dance dates that coming next week when good friday is ob served on march 27th midtown will be held on thursday even ing march 26th hawaiian honeymoon for toronto bridal mr and mrs percy saxe main st south attended a wedding breakfast in toronto on sunday morning which followed the mar nage of her sister mrs dorothj kaplan and irving shoichet the wedding took place in temple sinai and the wedding breakfast was held at the home of mr and mrs i shamai mrs shamai is albo a sister of the bride mr and mrs shoicht left later that morning by plane for the west coast and from there will go by boat to hawaii for their hone moon mrs godfrey collier lions shamrock queen mrs godfrey collier 11 or chard blvd is the lions sham rock queen r mrs collier was crowned slum- rock queen at the annual lions sponsored st patricks day dance held this year on friday even ing in the rose room and it was an irish rose room thanks to an enthusiastic decorating committee who underlined the 17th theme with large shamrocks and green trimmings with the drawing of her lucky ticket number 152 by the inter national counsellor bob cooper of brampton mrs collier became the owner of many beautiful prizes donated by merchants and individuals lions president dick miller placed the traditional green cape and crown on their new queen and an orchid corsage was presented her by lion tom teed on behalf of norton fleral nora ium products donated one dozen roses and these were presented by the president the lions added their own gift to the shqwer of presents which followed a threepiece luggage set many congratulations were extended the queen during the intermission by the other guests spot dance winners included mr and mrs ernie pearce and shirley barr and ross otto while marjorie roe won the birthday elimination with a march 17th birth date mrs pearce also copped the lucky door prke norm robinsons seven piece orchestra from guelph provided music for dancing throughout the evening which was arranged by chairman clarence kennedy some eighty couples attended social personal terra cotta friends tender shower for baby s b rit lids irtd ni ih hours fatlu r f 1 at thi home of mis kuv jones on jtuesdaj evening as sne was hdvini a bjbv shower for mrs rt lurnhaut dames win pla d irizt s vv i re on bv mrs jane houlhner mrs ijt spin r jnd mrs gladvs udkcr mr lurnhiut received a lare basktt of gifts tti sandwiches and eookus were served bv the host i and mrs b hurst congratulations to mr and mrs tonv zilio with their new daugh ter we are glad to hear mr ken baker and his two sons are will again also janice hurst and george rice i mr and mrs i orne majuerv went to sudburv to the wedding ot his cousin over the weekend i mrs henrv tarrar is hack after spending half of the winter vis 1 1 iwi htr folks in r ngland l mr and mrs w illiam ruchan and fimilv have left the village and moviri to toronto mrs tony damm betty acton i a patient in guelph general hospital mr damm is on the staff of garnet building products mr and mrs bill long and familv ottawa are visiting with her parents mr and mrs w h reid r r 1 b v gibbcns of hamilton spent a few days last week with his brother and sister in aw mr and mrs john j gibbcns 20 uelph si- mr and mrs george lake thorn hi 11 and mr thomas lake toronto spent tuesday with mr and mrs a h feller 2 emery strc mr and mrs hlur inl their guests visited with mrs casper stumpf a sister in elmira also mr percy saxe main st s with her sisters mrs i shamai and mrs irving shoichet of to- lonto were in chicago last week where they attended the bar mitzvah ceremony for george coldberg a cousins son mr and mrs frwin noble 118 guelph st attended the conven tion of the ontario ice cream manufacturers in niagara falls on monday the previous day they visited in buffalo with mr mr and mrs robert lane 6 george street and mi and mrs jim ritchie 15 uiuon st have just returned from a three week florida holiday they motored and mrs edgar eyres heather louise ward daughter of mr and mrs d a ward 40 norton crescent celebrated her third birthday on saturday mar 14th guests were her grandpar ents mr and mrs j a ward of weston and mr and mrs william linton of mount dennis a play mate bryan martin and her aunts and uncle rev and mrs w c maxwell of walters falls who were on their way home from trip to florida and mr and mrs r w linton and daughters ann donna and barbara of islington 1943 they built their home at 35 charles st where he followed his trade of gardening with a greenhouse business also work ing in town as an electrician he loved flowers and lent his talents to georgetown horticultural so ciety where he was active as membership convener he had served on the board of stewards of st john s united church and was a elder of the church he took an active part in the reno vation program at the church he leaves an only son armand and a grandson jimmy of ot taiva a brother joseph of to ronto and sister gertrude mrs richard unwin of rochester ny two brothers predeceased him ross of new toronto and rolpb of guelph rev morgan mcfarlane con ducted the funeral service and pallbearers were victor macdon how we cin ui iconic them and also learning to be more friend with all of our neighbours plans wert discussed for the bake sale to be held march 21st at smiths ston and the girls e njov ed n ere it ion under the leadership of iva hin sen wc were coniidrrablv lurkv in this area during the storm over th weekend with minor reports of damage to tv aerials and boards blown off barns and one silo being blown down dr and mrs clifford reid spent the weekend in toronto rhodes stars as realtors eliminate bradford 121 noted horticulturaust gives lecture tonight john f clarke noted ontario horticulturalist will give an illus trated lecture on hfc trip last last summer to the far east ri 5 i hs ulk d sld on to to goow ward jack runham and hc member of esquesing agri- frnest forgrave receives past master jewel from father a feature of the monthly meet ing f loval orange lodge 545 which was held in theoof hall on march 10th was presentation of a past masters jewel to thomas clark who is immediate past mas- stcr of the lodge the presentation was a father and son affair with mr dark receiving the jewel from bit te ther percy clark who it alto a cultural society and tonight will continue his lecture on the far east tonight s program is sponsored by the horticultural society and is being held at wriggfesworth school a preview of the slides was given to the public school children this afternoon mr clarke is an outstaadmg lecturer and his talents are much in demand and it is a privilege for georgetown to have him here at this time he has been with the depl of agriculture for 53 years being in the civil terries longer than any other member the rabbit bit bradford satur dav night and rabies had nothing lo do with it lack kahbit rhodes who lends goil for eorgelown hun ter s rtaltors made like a cardol shu id saturdav and put on a puck stopping performance that inspir ed the reiltors to a 12 i shellack ing of the vaunted bradford fords in the fifth and final clash of the best of seven series georgetown won the central ontario intermediate b champion ship four games lo one some 800pius paing customers witnessed the realtors bon vojagp partj on ice at which the rabbit entertained with a 60 minute skit that may bring the bunny hop back into its own bradford test ed rhodes from almost every an gle and found him practically un beatable at the other end of the ice orr got very little protection from his defence and turned in a good game despite the score and har dly deserved the insinuation thrown at him in the third frame when a fan hurled a football and a largq basket on the ico after the hunters potted number ten georgetown was held to 2 goals in the first period rlake inglis from junior jicaymont started it at the 1 27 mark but booth slip ped one bv rhodes at 6 08 from ibson and dunn to tic it ron dixon snapped the deadlock on a pass from blake inglish with less than three minutes to go in the period the hunters opened the flood swept the fords out of conttntion blake inglis and jamie cunning ham found openings at 1 21 and 2 05 dixon assisting on the first one and dave irons and george drasbv on the chaser dixon from bilfchard at 1043 beaum nt from blake inglis at 13 os and chard fr6m cunning ham and jerr inglis at 15 40 rap idlj cxpindcd the difference and gave the crowd a tip off of things lo come in the finale just 42 seconds had gone h when a long shot by dixon fooled orr to make it 81 cunningham irons and chard clicked at the 7 minute mark beaumont jerry in gits and dixon at 1134 wallv magdy and irons 13 02 and beau mont again from dixon and blake inghs at 14 19 the final buzzer had a loosening effect on fists tightened when tempers flared on both sides in the tate stages and congratulatory handshakes replaced an antieipa ted pier 6 finish fighting for their hockey lift in bradford the fords salvaged what proved to be their only win of the set a 42 decision over the realtors junior beaumont and ron dixon tallied for georgetown in the first and third periods lotto with a pair vazey and cib son triggering the goals for tht winners walkerton poses the next oppo sition as the realtors battle their way toward the ontario title the best of seven series opens in walkerton tonight with the first game tfancfcafc trafalgar principal receives mcmjuta ba principal of snidersschool trafitgir carman cantelonl recei id a bachelor of arts degree al the fill convocation of mcmaster univnsih hamilton he is the son of mr and mr norman can telon queen st milton he won the directors prize for exception al academic achievement born at llmb mr cantelon attended hombj public and mil ton high schools and in 1952 grad uated 4rm hamilton teachers college ho has taught in trafal gar since graduation and makes his home in oakvillc music night brings school large audience tuesday evening march 10th was displav night for georgetown night school s two music classes and a large audience of interested people assembled in wngglesworth school auditorium to hear and sec he choral singing class and the quart dance class combine to pre sent a musical evening the chairman of the night school committee john gknn introduced he course instructors kenneth r harrison ofhe choral singing class and n lindsay of the square dancing class each teacher gave brief explanations of their courses which were carried on during the down and spent hollindale beach da on saturday two weeks at hollywood flo- march 14th a joint birthday party was enjoyed by friends of vicki and robert mcbrjde 7 elizabeth st guests were cherjl armitage sharon haddock jean currie gary hunt bob jenkinson kent korzack michael phillips billy king and rajmond inglis dr and mrs j b milne 32 mar ket st have returned from a mo tor trip south they visited with mrs milne s mother who makes her winter home at winter haven and spent a week at lido beach where they met another holiday ing couple mr and mrs j tug- man of owen sound mrs tug- man is the former mrs w r robb of town mr and mrs william boyle en tertained with a family dinner at their home on parkview blvd on sunday to celebrate the birthday of their son peter who is one vear old among the guests was miss carol ann erickson from toronto who along with the boyles had spent last summer in the yukon mrs bill mcenery 9 mill st the former jean muckart was hon oured with showers and a presen tation prior to her marriage mrs jack sunnucks was hostess at a miscellaneous shower for the girls at provincial paper limited mrs a inglis and mrs don brinklow were hostesses at the ingtis- home for a miscellaneous shower fellow employees of provincial paper limited made- a presentation mrs mattison weston mrs ken nashs mother is spending three weeks at the nash home on 16 orchard blvd while mr and mrs nash are holidaving at dajtona beach floridi mrs mattison is a teacher of cake deconting and while in town has given the peo ple who attended the hospital euchre in the legion hall the ben erit ofher beautiful art by donat ing a cake which she decorated in the form of a doll mr and mrs tom van sickler 43 shcllev st spent last week at- chanlecler ste adele in the laurcntians they also visited in ottawa with former town neigh hours mr and mrs douglas wil son and with mr and mrsr c mclaughlin and with mr rod campbell trenton and returned to toronto lo attend a dance oi the delta chi legal fraternity at the park plaza hotel technical sergeant john sand tort of the us air force and mrs sandfort the former fran pries and their daughter sally jo have been visiting with her par ents mr and mrs egmont pries 12 victoria crescent mr sandfort has gone to england where he will be stationed for some time and mrs sandfort and sail jo are here waiting to join him the have been stationed in san francisco bra the title tune from the rroadwa musical oklahoma and let us break bread toge ther and glorious is the land both arranged by dr leslie bell were included in the program chosen t the choral the rollicking molly started the square dancers awa to their first group of dances and their enthusiasm and enjoyment reflec- v ted the popularity of the course after the initial demonstratj- those in the audience int weire nwittd to join la the i